NEW DELHI: Road construction and new works awards fell to a seven-year low in 2025-26, official data showed. While the overall construction mileage was less than 10,000 km, for the first time since 2019-20, only 7,000 km of work was awarded in FY26.Reasons for the decline in the highways sector’s performance on these two key … Read more
Jammu: Large-scale landslides triggered in hardest-hit areas rainThe Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district was blocked on Monday as mud and shot stones fell on the only all-weather road between Jammu-Srinagar on Sunday night. Kashmir and other parts of the country.Debris blocked New Hampshire Highway between Carroll Bridge and Chandelcote, leaving vehicles stranded on both … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a bid to clear commuters’ confusion over speed limits on national highways and highways, the road transport ministry has proposed that the Center should be responsible for setting these limits, while state governments would retain the power to notify norms for all other roads under their jurisdiction.The ministry recently shared a series … Read more
NEW DELHI: People seeking access from National Highways (NH) to petrol stations, roadside facilities, industries, private properties and rest area complexes will no longer have to visit government offices to obtain NOCs. They will be able to apply and get approved online without any physical interface with the system.Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari launches a … Read more
NEW DELHI: To ease the burden on commuters using partially open highways such as Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Katra and Amritsar-Jamnagar, the tolls on these corridors will be the same as those on other national highways, according to a notification issued by the Road Transport Ministry. So far, highway tolls are 1.25 times higher than other stretches of … Read more